The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work of the Senate and the Hous
Of Representative.

The Senate passed the river ana harbor apprd
time Canal Company OF Nicaragua A bill wd
introduced to locate at Columbus, Tenn,
arsenal for the manufacture Of ordna
sent 20 tho Senate messages veto
bills granting pensions 10 John ID.
cher and Rachael Ann Pierpont AS TO
hrst-named case. the President maintains
the disability for which the pension is ar
was not incurred in the service, ana al
the latter case the President says
has been granted TO the claimant by
Pension Office at the rate author
in the bill. The President sent to the Sci
the nomination of Amos NJ. Thayer, OF Miss
10 be United States District Judge for the a.
ern District OF Missouri. In the House Of
resentatives Mr.. Henderson OF North Care
from the Committee on Elections, SUBMIT
report on the Indiana Standardization caa<
Kidd against Steele The report. whicfY
unanimous, confirms the right OF the cont'
(Steelel 20 the seat.
BILL to regulate the pay OF officers OF the 4
and navy who refuse or neglect to provide 70
support of their families was fayoraby
ported to the Senate on Feb. ~. The mil
academy appropriation bill was passed
adverse report was made on the act & auth
the sale OF the barracks ut Newport Ky
the purchase of another site. John sherman
dered his resignation as President pro TEN
Senate. John + Norrish was confirmed
veyor General for Minnesota, and Thorn
Manning as Minister to Mexico. The Pres
approved the act for the construction Of n
over the Mississippi River near Dubuque,
The House OF Representatives, notwithsta
a personal appeal from Mr.. Bland, of Mis-
refused to pass over the Presidents veto
increasing the pension OF John w. Farris.
TIE bill 10 create a Department Of Ag
passed the Senate Feb. % The bill cfe
executive department 20 be known as
partment OF Agriculture and Labor. with
rotary and Assistant Secretary TO he appoiI
by the President, by and with the advicf 4
consent of the Senate. The socretary },
ceive the same salary as this heads OF th
executive departments ana tue asslstan
same salary as the Assistant SeereHiry
the Interior Department The Bure
OF Labor and tho Weather Servi
Bureau are to DO transferred to tie Departn
OF Agriculture. The Senate passed the pensS
bill OF Thomas S. Hopkins over the PRESIDE
veto. The President transmitted to the Re
tho correspondence with Mexico IA tne "a
case. The House of Representatives pas
substitute for the Senate bill anthorlllh
Senate TO retaliat9 upou tho Canadians Tor y
ting out American fishing vessels; one seN.~-
of the new measure makes Liable 20 IorIe ~
any foreign ship found taking hsh WITHIN
marine miles OF our coasts or harbors
BILLS authorizing railroad bridges owe
Mississippi at Grand Tower, Ill, and Sioux
and granting a railroad right OF way throug
Crow reservation in Montana, passed the
ate on the oath inst. House Oil was rep
favorably for right of way through a
Territory for the Chicago, Kansas ana NeDl
Road Senator ingalls,, Of Kansas, was nc
Qted DG the Republican StlubCElhl
Presideft pro tempore of the Senate, vice
ator Sherman, resigned. The House OF ht
sentatves refused, by vote Of 159 20
TO concur in the Senate amendment To the ~
Office appropriation bill setting aside SjUJ 0Jv FOL
Central and South American mails. Mt. MAI
son called up the dependent-pension bill, with
the veto message OF the President thereon
Mr.. Conger thought that tie report Of
the Committee ON Invalid Tensions was
complete answer TO the PRESIDENTS ny
periodic criticisms on tne tna llra.idan,
in vetoing the pending measure, yet signing the
Mexican pension bill. The only protests a. ansl
the bill had come from tho Southern cities and
the money centers MIR. o n2ra favored tho bill
and criticised the ruling OF theNlEnslon once
denying aid TO colored women who han LOST then
sons in the war. When the Fifty-fourth AM
Fifty-ffth Massachusetts, Regiments, COM
posed exclusively Of colored men went out, and
the Paymaster offered TO pay them less than
other regiments because they were black,
they spurnod the money, and said: No; we
are in the cause Of liberty, and IL you cannot
pay us what you pay other soldiers we viii tight
for our flag and country without compensation.
Mr.. Bragg, of Wisconsin, said II WAS time for
the members OF the House To look after the IN
terests of the real soldier and the business in
terests of the country. They had drifted along,
impelled by a species OF sympathetic influence,
regardless of reason or Judgment. until the
period was reached which eliminated in
the presentation aud passage OF one OF
the most scandalous bills which had
ever been sent To a President for his sig
nature. The people of the country, without re-
gard to party, had every reason TO be thankil
that this bill had been presented u an execu
tive who had backbone enough To meet the Sit
uation. II few years the soldiers OF the coun-
try-not the bummers-would have arrived at
an age when he could come to Congress and de-
mand as n right-not ask as Ia Chart THAT
provision be made for them. Lei not Congress
bankrupt the treasury before that time
arrived by yielding to the demands Of de-
serters, coffee-coolers. ana bounty-Jumpers.
The men who advocated this bill were not the
friends Of the true soldier. They advocated
n. Ill elnV.a Gin rIark a..
men could vote whom they expected to buy BY
this bill. Mr. Bragg said the press opposed the
bill and sustained the President Inat gallan
soldier, the Governor of Maine, ChamDerlin
stood by the President. The great soldier
Palmer OF Illinois. stood by the Presf
dent. Gov Cox Of Ohio stool by the Prosiden
Old Dan Sckles Of tho Third Army Corr
said that the veto was n most glorious dee
Brave men OF all parties stood by the PresideI
1t was only the little minds that went buzzi
about like insects that opposed him. IL is OF
the class Of gentleuen who hang around
Grand Army posts, who crowd themselves in
get s. a week and TO 1.-Two upon their conrad
who are making this grand hue aud crv. J
Mckinley did not believe with the gent
from Wisconsin TINT the ben
Charles were either shirks or vagabo.
or good for nothing scoundrels He
lieved that there we're thousands
tered over the country who fought braV-
the gentleman from Wisconsin, though tn
were not here to tell of their deeds of coura
and glory. These men generally did their fig
ing on foot. MIR Hepburn said The sta
mont OF the gentloman from Wisconsin Bra,
that tho Grand Army has repudiated this b
is rs untrue in word and essence as the great
portion OF ell OF its diatribe Of abuse again
his own comrades. It is not an uncommon thiI :
for skilled huntsman to use dccOys. 80 IL III
that the Solid South that opposes this bill. al
that stimulated this veto, puts forward all , L
these Northern gentlemen TO represent ~
one OF them for political reasons, hasa Wp
courage of his convictions aud has Nd =
speak here as he will vote Why? I'D
would challenge attention 70 this cons
tween those that once were opposed NJ
who are now our friends, ana the wealtt~lt
country and the metropolitan press M
country" The question then put tI|
the house, upon reconsideration, pass II n
the Presidents objection to the contra ~ 81
NithstandingY And it was decided in
ttiye-yeas, l15 nays, 12j-nOt tile NJ IA W
ional two-thirds in the affirmative. A.
Mr.. EDMUSDs' substitute for tho pleu b
monia bill adopted by tho senat.s,I
18th ult. 1t appropriates 81, 100000,
pended under tho direction Of tn W.
dent. and. in his discretion. thro~---tI
Commissioner of Agriculture. to AHA ~
proper authorities OF the several StaN
monia, tho appropriation to expire at the
end OF two years. A motion 20 reconsider the
vote by which the Edmunds stitute waa
adopted was pending when the Senate \
Journed. Senator Ingalls, was oil cted Presi
pro TEN. OF tho Senate. The House passed ~
der n suspension ~ tho rules. the Senate bHX
providing for agricultural eyrorineut stations !
The general deficiency appropriation bill wss
reported 10 tho House. IL makes n total aptrso-
pfiation OF sJ,513,50i, while the estimates ng-
gregated 81, 55s9l4